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General CommentFirst off, these lyrics are completely wrong. According to the album insert:

Could you believe, the same old story
Yeah, it never bores me, though I've heard it all before
Her name was Georgia, and she was gorgeous
When she adored ya the whole room would get to know

Like a movie that was filled with lust
Coming at you with a double D bust
At the bed of a wounded soldier
In a rush cause she's getting older

Hanging out in the fancy bars
With the boys who can play guitar
Listen up, cause I've got to warn ya
She's gonna make it out in California

Hey you, what's a good girl like you
Doing in this crazy world
Where's the good gone girl
Dance, dance to the life you wanted
When you were only seventeen
With your good girl dream

Ooooo....good gone girl

Could you believe, the same old phonies
Those painted ponies, that you've ridden all before
Her name was April, but she was hateful
Enough to make you want to run right out the door

I can tell you what you want the most
Hanging out for the champagne toast
When the end of the night gets tricky
Don't you know that beggars can't be picky
Looking out for a man who's golden
Doesn't matter if he's old, he's rolling
Coming at you like a desperate hunter
Sugar daddy, he's just a munter

Hey you, what's a good girl like you
Doing in this crazy world
Where's the good gone girl
Dance, dance to the life you wanted
When you were only seventeen
With your good girl dream
(x2)

Ooooo....good gone girl
(x7

She's walking around all over town
Needs somebody to notice, but the goodness gets her down
She's happy to choose somebody to use
Good gone girl she's got nothing left to loose
(x3)

I think this is about a nice girl who moves out to California in hopes of becoming a star, but she fails and turns into a gold digger type.

General CommentThis probably isn't completely accurate, but this is how I view the song.

Starts out with a girl named Georgia. Lives in a presumably small town where everyone loves her; she's sweet, beautiful, and talented. People there have no doubt that she'll move to California and become famous. So she does. [This is where my interpretation becomes false; I don't know if April is supposed to be another person, but I like it this way, haha] She changes her name to April and, while she's in California, her success leads to her corruption. She's living a completely fake life and when she loses her fame, she has nothing left. She had been relying on her money and fame and now that that's gone, she'll settle for whatever [and whoever] she can get. All she wants is to be able to go back to when she was young, innocent, and had the hope of a great life ahead of her.

General CommentHas anyone else noticed that the girl's name in the beginning is April, and in the song Toy Boy, the main character of the song is left in Georgia? I don't know, i just thought that was interesting.

I think this song is about young girls, in general, doing "whatever it takes" to make it big in California, and inevitably falling for a lot of fake opportunities because of how young and pure they are. Georgia and April are probably the same girl (changed name was mention, I'd support that theory) and the whole song seems like an evolution from a good girl, to a spiteful girl, to a girl just trying to get by.

"Coming at you like a desperate hunter
Sugar daddy, he's just a munter

Hey you, what's a good girl like you
Doing in this crazy world"

I think this part says it best, implying that the girl thinks she can hook up with someone rich to get her by or get her into some famous profession, and the "hey girl..." part reminds me of a horrible pick-up line. But, all her hopeful hook-ups are sadly just people taking advantage of her.

"She's walking around all over town
Needs somebody to notice, but the goodness gets her down
She's happy to choose somebody to use
Good gone girl she's got nothing left to loose"

That last part is the girl being beaten down by her failure and just looking for anyone or anything at this point, and probably the corruption of character she's facing since she's had to face the reality of people and the real world.

"She's happy to choose somebody to use"
This may be her turning into the people that she encountered in her evolution of corruption, as she was used many times and brought down to their level.